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Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v04n16)
Poetic Thoughts - Toby of Girdwood, Alaska - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: Aug. 10, 2007
Toby of Girdwood, Alaska
When Bill was driving me to Anchorage to catch my flight home, he asked, "Aren't the people of Girdwood beautiful?" I said, "To tell you the truth, I think a whole lot of beauty has been compressed into a few people in Girdwood." He knew that I was referring to Toby.
Toby's bus near Hope, Alaska.
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
Toby blows glass for a living and loves it. He had us watching several hours of Dale Chihuly. I have not seen the Chihuly sculpture at the Children's Museum, but damn!-I've seen some Chihuly now!
Toby owns a schoolbus which he uses to chauffeur local bands to gigs across Alaska. Toby drove us to a couple of music festivals and it was a blast. In the bus, Toby has a couch, chair and ottoman made of Italian leather. Quotes from Rumi adorn the bus walls.
Knowledge of the natural world is treasured by Alaskans. Toby is well-known for his talents in nature. Toby walked us into the lush rain forest to the base of a mountain which formed a stream. On the trail to the stream, Toby picked berries and weeds for me to taste. I asked Toby if he could survive in the forest. He laughed and said, "Yes, and I would be healthier."
When Toby took Yo and I salmon fishing, he caught his limit. While Toby was reeling them in, I wrote him this poem:
Toby
They should give medals
for people like you
Gold and
diamonds with stones of blue
But they don't so I hope
this poem
will do
w/Love
C. W. Pruitt II
June 20, 2007
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
C.W. Pruitt II on the bus
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
image courtesy of C.W. Pruitt II
cw@broadripplegazette.com
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